In this handout image provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech, one of the first images taken by NASA's Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars on the evening of August 5, 2012 PDT and transmitted to Spaceflight Operations Facility for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. The MSL Rover named Curiosity is equipped with a nuclear-powered lab capable of vaporizing rocks and ingesting soil, measuring habitability, and whether Mars ever had an environment able to support small life forms called microbe. less

In this handout image provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech, one of the first images taken by NASA's Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars on the evening of August 5, 2012 PDT and transmitted to Spaceflight Operations ... more

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IN SPACE - AUGUST 5: In this handout image provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech, one of the first images taken by NASA's Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars on the evening of August 5, 2012 PDT and transmitted to Spaceflight Operations Facility for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. less

IN SPACE - AUGUST 5: In this handout image provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech, one of the first images taken by NASA's Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars on the evening of August 5, 2012 PDT and transmitted to ... more

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IN SPACE - AUGUST 5: In this handout image provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech, one of the first images taken by NASA's Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars on the evening of August 5, 2012 PDT and transmitted to Spaceflight Operations Facility for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. less

IN SPACE - AUGUST 5: In this handout image provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech, one of the first images taken by NASA's Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars on the evening of August 5, 2012 PDT and transmitted to ... more

Photo: NASA / Getty Images

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IN SPACE - AUGUST 5: In this handout image provided byNASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona, NASA's Curiosity rover and its parachute are seen by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as Curiosity descends to the surface of Mars August 5, 2012. less

IN SPACE - AUGUST 5: In this handout image provided byNASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona, NASA's Curiosity rover and its parachute are seen by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as Curiosity descends to the ... more

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NASA's adorkable 'Mohawk Guy' doesn't want to date you

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NASA’s Bobak Ferdowsi was helping land the Curiosity probe on the surface of Mars last night, but he might as well have been the sixth Backstreet Boys for all the world cared.

“NASA flight director Bobak Ferdowsi of the Mars Curiosity mission could totally land his rover in my Mars,” one admirer tweeted. (Whaaaa… ? Oh. I get it now.)

Turns out, the NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory control room is tough place to be an attractive guy with an unusual haircut. No one wants to hear about how you just landed a car-sized space probe on another planet when you have a mohawk and a “Hollywood smile.”

Those were Twitter’s words — not mine. But any guy who charm the world while wearing a powder-blue polo shirt must be pretty attractive.

The 32 year old has been at NASA for nine years, working primarily on the Curiosity project. He graduated from the University of Washington with an undergraduate degree in aeronautical and astronautical engineering — a nice local connection for Seattle folks who are daydreaming about that red-striped haircut today — and then went on to get a masters degree at MIT.

The hairstyle was decided by Ferdowsi’s coworkers; he changes it for every every big mission.

You can tell he’s super smart and a little nerdy because in the midst of becoming an Internet sensation and borderline heartthrob, he still just wants to talk about science.

Hear that, folks? He described her as “a great girlfriend.” Even so, it seems like this guy might be even more in love with landing things on Mars.

Ferdowsi’s Twitter account, which describes him as an “exercise fiend” and a “mediocre shortstop,” gives some insight into how he’s handling his new-found stardom.

“Not rdy for the attention, but happy to show it takes all types to make @MarsCuriosity ! If only my coworkers wld stop making fun of me ;)”